HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw debates relocation of IDPs to Yangon...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Deputy Governor of CBM clarifies loan situation to SMEs, permission for new banks.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Union official: the real Rakhine...VP U Henry Van Thio attends ceremony to return confiscated land to farmers...30 Myanmar roofed turtles released in upper Chindwin River...YCDC to accept pandal applications from third week of March...9 million euros
allocated for rural electrification project in Shan State (South)...Farmers receive land compensation for
Yangon Myothit project...High consumption of Shwebo
Pawsan encourages growers to expand cultivation...Jade price falls in Mandalay market pre-Thingyan...Water supply
projects to increase YCDC’s capacity to 300 million gallons...Antique palm-leaf manuscripts at a monastery in Sagaing Region...SPORT
15 MARCH 2018
THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
16
ROME — Roma reached the
Champions League quarter-fi-
nals for the first time in 10 years
as Edin Dzeko edged them past
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at the Sta-
dio Olimpico on Tuesday and al-
lowed the Italians to win the tie
on away goals.
The Bosnian striker’s
52nd-minute goal proved enough
after a 2-1 first-leg loss in Ukraine,
with 10-man Shakhtar failing to
find the late strike they needed
after Ivan Ordets was sent off
late on.
Cengiz Under’s goal in the
first leg last month ultimately
proved crucial for Roma, but
Dzeko was the hero on the night
and also proved instrumental in
Shakhtar defender Ordets being
shown a straight red card with 12
minutes left.
That sending-off led to
tensions spilling over, with
Shakhtar’s Facundo Ferreyra
picking up a booking for shoving a
ballboy over an advertising board.
Eusebio Di Francesco’s side
are the second Italian team to ad-
vance to the quarter-finals after
Juventus, with the draw for the
last eight taking place on Friday.
“The standing ovation is not
for me but for everyone, we are
deservedly in the quarter-finals,”
said Dzeko of the applause which
accompanied him off the pitch.
“We managed to do some-
thing Roma hadn’t in 10 years,
so going forward to play against
the best makes us all very proud.
“We are among the eight
best sides in Europe.”
Roma did not concede a goal
at home in the group stage and
hammered Chelsea 3-0 at the Sta
-
dio Olimpico, so the home fans in
the crowd of 47,693 would have
been confident their side could
get the job done.
The Ukrainians dominated
early possession though, and
there was a scare for the hosts
when Alessandro Florenzi nearly
nodded a free-kick into his own
net. Ferreyra then came close
after Federico Fazio lost the ball
just outside his own box, before
Roma struck seven minutes into
the second half.
Kevin Strootman sent Dzeko
through as Shakhtar tried with-
out success to play the offside
trap, and the Bosnian forward
prodded a shot through the legs
of goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov and
into the net for his fourth goal
in the Champions League this
season.
Dzeko was then brought
down by Ordets who got a straight
red card for his troubles, making
Shakhtar’s task that bit harder.
Roma pounce on mistake
“We knew that sooner or lat-
er they would make a mistake
and we’d pounce on it,” said
Roma coach Di Francesco.
“If we face any opponent with
this attitude and determination,
we can go far.”
“Roma made the most of a
single moment,” said Shakhtar
coach Paulo Fonseca.
“Dzeko of course was a key
player, but apart from his goal
they didn’t have a chance, we had
possession. If we had finished off
the chances we had in the first leg
the match would already have
been over.”
Roma held on, and after Ita-
ly’s shock failure to qualify for the
World Cup, their progress to the
last eight along with Juventus is
a boost for the country.
There have not been two
Italian clubs in the quarter-fi-
nals of the Champions League
since 2006/07, when Roma joined
eventual winners AC Milan in the
last eight. There will also be at
least three Italian coaches in the
quarter-finals — Di Francesco,
Massimiliano Allegri of Juventus
and Vincenzo Montella of Sevilla.
Di Francesco added: “I
spoke with Montella a few days
ago and we said we’d meet in
the final.”
Antonio Conte could make
that four with his Chelsea side
facing Barcelona on Wednes-
day.—AFP
Dzeko strikes to take Roma into
Champions League last eight
Edin Dzeko celebrates after scoring the goal that took Roma through to the Champions League quarter-finals
at the expense of Shakhtar Donetsk.PHOTO: AFP
Shan United loses to Filipino club with penalty shot...AFC "B" Coaching Certificate Course launched in Yangon.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: VP U Myint Swe to attend Crans Montana Forum on Africa and South-South Cooperation in Morocco...Thai-Myanmar border trade increases by $90 million this FY...UMFCCI, Switzerland delegation discuss IP law at Economic Dialogue...External trade exceeds expected
amount in first week of March...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy
Speaker U T Kun Myat receives technical cooperation programme
manager of IPU...Thura U Shwe Mann receives Italian Ambassador...Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aye Tha
Aung receives technical cooperation program manager of IPU....."OPINION": "History, not the UN, will be final judge on Rakhine".....ARTICLES: "Glorious Mogok City to celebrate Festival of Founding 800th Anniversary" - By Maung Tha (Archaeology)..."Six Leading Myanmar Businesses
Invite Collaboration on Gender Equality on International Women’s Day"

DOMESTIC NEWS: Enjoying the Full Moon Day of Tabaung...Religious Titles conferring ceremony for the year 2018...80% of Chindwin river crossing bridge completed...YCDC to set up incinerator at Dawei Chaung landfill...Myanmar Fisheries Federation to review crossbreeding to control diseases...Commemoration of the 96th anniversary of Pa-O National Day observed...Rakhine Traditional Shite-Thaunghmyaut or sand pagoda festival to be held...More visitors come to
Kyaiktiyo than last year...Illegal fish farming lakes on farmlands to face action...Buddha Pujaniya Tabaung Festival celebrated at pagodas...Use the long holiday weekend fully...Enjoying Full Moon Day of Tabaung...Fifth batch of youth volunteers arrives in Sittway...Rice and foodstuff airlifted to Putao, Kachin State...Contract signed to buy steel truss for Kin Chaung Bridge...Ministry of Labour to issue smart ID cards...Former football star U Win Thu Moe named head coach of Myanmar
women's national team.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Room for investors in Thilawa SEZ...Message of Greetings sent by President U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the occasion of the Peasants Day Celebrations which falls on 2 March 2018...US cargo plane makes emergency landing at Yangon International Airport...Gov’t drafting legislation to protect domestic producers in AEC 2025 plan...Livestock farming business worth less than $5 million won’t need ministry’s approval...MIC approves nine
foreign, local investments...Contract signed to buy steel truss for
Kin Chaung Bridge...Myanmar-Japan Lethwei fights hosted in Japan....."OPINION": "Join hands with peasants to uplift their socio- economic life".....ARTICLES: "The Peasants' Dayon March 2nd" - By By Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja,Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt..."Local EU Statement on ending illegal wildlife trade"

HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: 2nd Pyidaungsu Hluttaw 7th regular session 7th day meeting...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Joint Bill Committee meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor: Do not waste this opportunity Two ethnic armed groups sign ceasefire agreement in Nay Pyi Taw...Bogyoke Aung San’s birthday, Myanmar Children’s Day events held at NLD HQ...I wish to remind all of you not to waste
this opportunity: State Counsellor...All ethnics are urged to cooperate in the efforts for the emergence of the
peaceful, modern and developed Union: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...Press conference on NMSP and LDU signing NCA...New Mon State Party and Lahu Democratic Union sign NCA...Witnesses of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement siging in Nay Pyi Taw...Witnesses of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement with Union Government, New Mon State Party, Lahu Democratic Union...Banquet honoring new signatories of NCA held in Nay Pyi Taw...Mytel SIM card begins distribution at
end of February.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: US Embassy in Yangon praises NCA signing...State Counsellor meets with China, India UNESCAP representatives...Union Minister for Border Affairs
Lt-Gen Ye Aung receives Singapore Ambassador to Myanmar...First consular affairs coordination meeting
held between Myanmar and US....."OPINION": "Federalism, the path to liberation for our Union".....ARTICLES: "A day of significance in the pursuit of peace in Myanmar"..."New Mon State Party Chairman gives speech after signing NCA"

DOMESTIC NEWS: Gov’t seeks advice from entrepreneurs before enactment
of 2018 Union Tax Law...Civil servants spend holiday learning of ethnicities...Plans underway for the development of National Landmarks Garden ...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Message of Greetings from President U Htin Kyaw
to the 71st Anniversary Celebrations of Union Day...Poem recitation held to mark the 109th birthday of National Poet Min Thu Wun...Ethnic entrepreneurs’ association to be established soon...Traditional crafts at Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda Festival...Coconut craft making training course in Myeik...The fourth day of 2018 Asia Road and Para-Cycling Championship...Yangon seizes the game in U-21 MNL League.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor, Boris Johnson holds talk over the latest development in Rakhine...Cement imports via sea decline in late January...Trade deficit hits $3.4 billion in current FY...Border exports of areca nuts to India see a slight increase...Myanmar Lethwei fights to be held in Japan.....
"OPINION": "Join the peace process with the Panglong spirit" - .....ARTICLES: "Reminiscence of the 18th Union Day Anniversary" - Maha Saddhamma
Jotika Dhaja, Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt ..."Awakening the
Union Spirit" - U Aung (Shwe Pauk Kan)

HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: CBM has no plan to revise interest rates.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: The ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ and lunar eclipse...NLD members led by Kawlin Pyithu Hluttaw representative visit NRPC...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint receives US Ambassador to Myanmar...Union Minister for Information attends conference on film industry...Former MraukU administrator stabbed to death...Resignation of member of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union approved...A tower to overlook Haka Township’s
scenery to be accomplished...Need of Developing Employability Skills in Young Minds of Myanmar...Yangon and Ayeyawady play to a draw in U-19 MNL match...Myanmar Futsal team departs for
AFC Futsal Championships.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Reception to mark Australian National Day Held...Union Minister for Information receives Australian Ambassador to Myanmar...Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Guard Regiment-
level flag hoisting ceremony held...Local melon farmers face competition from Chinese cultivators...Myanmar earns
over $535m in fishery exports...Exporters concerned about slip in US dollar exchange rate...Myanmar fruits, vegetables penetrate Russian market...Bilateral trade between Singapore, Myanmar reaches US$2 billion in eight months...Foreign Heads
of State send felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Myanmar
to host ASEAN SCI meeting from 5 to 8 March...Foreign
Head of State sends felicitations to State Counsellor Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi....."OPINION": "The role of state-run media in an emerging democracy"..."Need of Developing Employ ability Skills in Young Minds of Myanmar
for their Sustainable Career Growth and making the nation Emerging Knowledge Economy" - By Dr G R Sinha
Professor, Myanmar Institute of Information Technology Mandalay Adjunct Professor, IIIT Bangalore India.....ARTICLES: "Last week’s auspicious news should spur other groups to sign NCA" - By Maung Thaung Win (Ex-dip-lomat)

HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw discusses road construction...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: MPs discuss fund for the disabled, tax.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: MPs discuss fund for the disabled, tax exemption...Camps are ready for repatriation...20th Shwekyin Nikaya Conference begins in Hmawbi...Children’s Literature Festival held in Thanlyin...Discussion on installing cable-car at Mount Popa conducted...Ks. 5,000 million worth for water supply project in Falam...Betel leaf price reaches record high in January...Onion prices unstable in Yangon market...Ayeyawady dolphins’
protection zone to be extended...Union Supreme
Court sits to hear cases...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
attends Swamkhan Pagoda donation and consecration ceremony...MoI donates 50 Set Top Boxes to Kawthoung...Ceremony in honor and remembrance of
lawyer U Ko Ni and taxi driver U Nay Win...A suspicious person caught dead near Maungni Village, Maungtaw Town...Villager murdered in Buthidaung Township...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Order 11/2018...Myanmar Rocker Zaw Win Htut to perform one man show in Mandalay.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Ok mobile railway ticketing system to end 1 February...MNA to fly Yangon-Phuket route in March...Over $500m worth of investments flow into Mandalay Myotha industry park project...Foreign Head of State sends felicitations to President U Htin Kyaw...Camps are ready for repatriation...U Han Thu presents credentials to President of Sri Lanka....."OPINION": "State Counsellor’s visit that will fulfill national requirement".....ARTICLES: "After A Period of Time Went Past, Situations Are In Progress!" - By Saw Myo Nwe

DOMESTIC NEWS: Union minister inspects IPRD office, MRTV retransmitting station in Kawthoung...Office opened for developing Bogyoke Aung San’s biopic...Free medical treatment to be provided to 3,000 people in Buthidaung...Seminar on
entrance exams held in Maungtaw...Estimated US$ 2 million
worth of drugs seized...Construction ministry to build RC box
culverts on Chauk-Singu-Bagan Road...Water quality research in Chindwin River extended one more year...Maw Tin Zun Pagoda festival to begin on 1 February...Hand-over of Village Development Funds held in Wuntho...Gov’t accelerates loan disbursement for SMEs...Children’s Literature Festival held for first time in North Okkalapa, Yangon...6. 702 acres of relinquished farmlands returned to rightful owners in Kalay...Petrified wood museum to be opened...Yangon United stays in top shape in MPT MNL 2018...Paul Peterson wins Leopalace 21 Myanmar Open Golf Tourney 2018.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: AHA Centre inspects repatriation offices...Children hold Tsunami Drill...Import of capital goods by private sector sees decline...Union Attorney-General receives UNICEF Resident Representative...Vegetable gum karaya market soars higher...Myanmar-Australia trade tops
$128 million this FY...Border trade valued at US$ 6.33 billion...“There’s been no trace of threats. The villagers I’ve met did not seem to have any fear so that’s what we saw.” : H.E. Prof. Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai...Myanmar football
teams to contest for 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan....."OPINION": "Public security,
peace and stability".....ARTICLES: "The Floating Palace" - U Than Zaw (Grand-Pa) D.C.C.A (Day care Centre for the Aged)

HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker opens peace event in Yangon.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Mangrove forests to be planted along Mottama Gulf...Message from State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the rally to welcome and support the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong...First successful kidney transplant operation in Yangon Children Hospital...Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye coordinate preparation work for responding to natural disaster...National Press Awards
to be presented in May...Discussion underway to build more
sunset viewpoints in Bagan region...Under 4k people buy farmers’ life insurance in Mandalay...Two passengers fall
from hover-craft in Hainggyigyun Town...JICA completes study tour for construction of new specialist hospital...Vice President inspects regional development works in Kawthoung...Children’s Literature Festival in Myeik...Two new teams to energize Myanmar Culture...Educational Change...Inlay Lake and
the Innthar people...Opinions on safety from women...Keep in Mind is Being Optimistic...The Awesome Day Brings a
Milestone to Ketu...Be a Hero for Your Environment.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor, President of India discuss cooperation...SME trade fair to be launched in 10 states, regions...Sesame seed prices decline following halt in imports to China...Bilateral trade with Japan hits $1.24b in eight months...Leopalace 21 Myanmar Open
Golf Tournament goes to Finals...Be a Hero for Your Environment...Basic English Grammar for Basic Students....."OPINION": "Good friends
are really needed!".....ARTICLES: "Sector of the National Ethnics among the National Reforms" - By Htoo Htoo [Weibargi]

HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw discusses budget for 6-month FY gap.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Security agencies warned not to use State security garb...Vice President U Myint Swe inspects progress of Chindwin Bridge...Trade volume at Maungtaw Trade Zone
exceeds target...800 Star tortoises will release to indigenous native lands of Minsone Taung and Shwesettaw wildlife
conservations...Village development plan to be conducted spending K10 million for a village...Lisu traditional New Year festival and 60th anniversary of Putao Lisu Literature and Cultural Committee...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Office of the President Order 7/2018...One more political party
applies for registration...Public announcement for
remonstration...Yangon gov’t collects over Ks1,600
million as tax on gold products...Yaba worth Ks353.6 billion seized from 9,544 cases in 2017...Illegal drugs worth over Ks240
million seized in Hsenwi...Public suggestions sought
on Communication Service Licence fee change...Sithu Aung is top scorer in Myanmar National League 2018...KBZ Bank Girls’ U13 Tournament 2018 final to be played tomorrow.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Repatriation of refugees to commence next Tuesday...Myanma Foreign Trade Bank (MFTB) expands financialservices...Mandalay registers high inflow of tourists in 2017...First MIC meeting issues 3 permits, 4 endorsements...Myanmar earned $10.1 million from cashew nut exports...Over 100 foreign businesses enter manufacturing sector this FY...Border trade at Muse gate up by $206 million this FY...Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry discusses repatriation efforts of displaced persons from Bangladesh...Lao PM visits Shwedagon, Thilawa SEZ...Names of more than 1,300 ARSA terrorists sent to Bangladesh...U Myo Nyunt, the Chairperson of the Constitutional Tribunal, receives the Ambassador of Singapore in Nay Pyi Taw...Appointment of Ambassador agreed on...Foreign Head of State sends felicitation to State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi....."OPINION": "Preparedness for natural disasters".....ARTICLES: "YBS,Water Bus, School Bus and Yangon in 2017" - By Hsu Hnin Lei

DOMESTIC NEWS: 2nd National-level Political Dialogue’s CSO
Peace Forum continues in Nay Pyi Taw...Botahtaung BEHS
No.6 to host Children’s Literature Festival...New Year Dhamma Donation Ceremony continues in Yangon...Four guns lost during ARSA attacks in Maungtaw discovered...Independence Day message from the president...Opening ceremony of independence movement, international film festival held in Yangon...Painting show to mark the new year opened...Yangon Zoo hosts 1.5 million visitors last year...New Year Festival of
Larhu Ethnic People held...The Sixth Literature Talk in Mawlu being held...New homes to benefit ethnic Mro people...Over 70 people die in road accidents in Myeik district in 2017...Armed groups attack regional HQ in Kachin State.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Chinese national involves in gambling ring arrested in Myitkyina...China imports honey from Muse border...International Finished Gemstone and Jewellery Exhibition...Government exports increased by $572 million in current FY....."OPINION": "Independence Day and National Obligation" - By Maung Khaing Mar [upper Minhla], "Myanmar’s
Independence and Myanmar politics".....ARTICLE: " The role of pen and sword in regaining Myanmar Independence" - By Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja, Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt

DOMESTIC NEWS: Minimum wage set at Ks4,800 per day...Repatriation, resettlement on track...2nd National-level Political dialogue’s CSO peace forum held in Nay Pyi Taw...Opening ceremony of computer training school held by Daw Khin Kyi Foundation...Malikha river crossing bridge to be opened soon...Meeting on IDP camps, freedom of movement matters held in Rakhine State...Arrangements are being made to allow repatriates to earn their living without any difficulty: Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye...Repatriation, resettlement on track...YBS bidding winner to be announced 10 Jan...Yangon government to sell over 1,200 low-cost, affordable apartments...66th anniversary of Kayah State Day to be celebrated in Loikaw...Narcotic drugs worth Ks 330 million seized in Katha...Slight earthquake hits near Sagaing Region’s Kalewa...Licences for over 300 jewellery mining blocks to expire this month.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: YSX stock trading value in 2017 falls to one-third of 2016...Private sector imports of intermediate goods up by $1.48 billion...Efforts being made to export locally produced coconut oil to Europe...Cyber-savvy students bring honour to Myanmar...Myanmar’s 9-month border
trade reaches $5.6 billion, an increase of $170million...Bilateral trade with China hit US$6.3 billion in first seven months of current FY...Online trading on YSX to start this month....."OPINION": "An extra-ordinary characteristic of national sovereignty".....ARTICLE: "Myanmar Independence Day for us to admire and value" - By Pantaung Than Kywe

HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: New Year Greeting Message from U Win Myint, Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: New Year Day Message from Mahn Win Khaing Than, Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President’s New Year Message...Sitagu Sayadaw sends New Year Message...New Year Greeting Message from Dr. Bhaddanta Nanda Marla Bhivamsa...Volunteers for Literary Conference 2017 honoured...New Year Greetings from
Vice President U Myint Swe for 2018...New Year Greetings from Vice President U Henry Van Thio for 2018...New Year Message of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on January 1, 2018...New Year wishes by religious leaders...New Year Greetings by celebrities...New Year weather forecast...Peace Commission working towards achieving more progress...Peace makers’ New Year wishes...Prices of shrimp paste high in domestic market...31st convocation ceremony of Yazin University of Veterinary Science held...More village-owned fishponds
for Maungtaw region...Thandwe District Association (Yangon) holds annual gathering...Children’s literature festivals to be held...YBS-16 express bus catches fire on Yangon-Mandalay
expressway .....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister inspects Myanmar International Radio...Dream World Lighting Festival launches in Mdy...More than 1,000 tons of watermelon likely to be shipped to Hong Kong this FY...MOLIP shows approval for Chinshwehaw as International Land Border Checkpoint...Coconut export to Thailand up by 15 per cent this year...China increases import of corns from Myanmar...Myanmar Real Estate Services Association requests the gov’t to slash income tax...Businesspersons request gov’t to reduce lending and deposit rates....."OPINION": "Meaningful Independence".....ARTICLE: "Pledging Allegiance to the Flag" - By Yone Phyu Lay